Here you can find the source of leftPadMultiline(String input, char padChar, int padWidth)
public static String leftPadMultiline(String input, char padChar, int padWidth)
//package com.java2s; /*// ww w .j a va 2 s . co m * Created on Oct 3, 2011 * Copyright 2010 by Eduard Weissmann (edi.weissmann@gmail.com). * * This file is part of the Sejda source code * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the * License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU Affero General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ public class Main { public static String leftPadMultiline(String input, char padChar, int padWidth) { StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder(input); String paddingString = repeatedChar(padChar, padWidth); int i = 0; while (i < buf.length()) { if (buf.charAt(i) == '\n') { buf.insert(i + 1, paddingString); } i++; } return buf.toString(); } public static String repeatedChar(char chr, int times) { StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder(); for (int i = 0; i < times; i++) { result.append(chr); } return result.toString(); } }